Lowering the price thresholds for which instalment plans are available, and extending their length, may make sense in a recession.

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This, despite the fact that economists from all political ideologies concluded that extending the length of time that workers can collect unemployment insurance benefits would be one of the most effective stimulus measures.

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This incessant march of energy density (more energy per unit of raw material) has undeniable logic extending along the entire length of the arrow of progress.

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